TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A video circulating on social media appears to show former U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn after a crash involving a trooper in Collier County. According to a report, the trooper sustained minor injuries and was transported to an area hospital.
Aletha Shapiro posted a video on Tiktok and X and said she witnessed a black sports car strike a state trooper’s patrol vehicle.
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“Suddenly the car door opens and a man in a wheelchair rolls out,” Shapiro said.
The video showed Cawthorn, the former U.S. congressman for North Carolina’s 11th congressional district, at the scene, sitting near a trooper and construction worker.
8 On Your Side reached out to the Florida Highway Patrol for information about the incident, inquiring about Cawthorn specifically. The agency did not say whether Cawthorn was involved in the crash, but sent us a release with the following narrative:
On April 15, 2024, at 16:30 hours, a FHP State Trooper vehicle (Dodge Charger) was rear-ended on Interstate 75, at mile marker 60, in a construction zone, in Collier County, by a 2021 Mercedes, driven by
